class act

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class act

n.
One of distinctive and superior quality: The principal is a class act who has greatly improved the school.
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Noun1.class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence
nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, apotheosis, ideal, paragon, saint - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
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THOUSANDS of young pupils showed they were a class act yesterday as schools around Ireland opened their doors to new junior infants.
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AMEOBI has come of age at last - all the makings of a class act. - PECK, North Shields FINALLY Shola found his feet, or should I say head!
3 NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew was full of praise for Yohan Cabaye after Saturday's 3-1 victory at West Ham, labelling the France midfielder "a class act".
WestHam 1 Newcastle 3 ALAN PARDEW swears that Yohan Cabaye is a class act.
Porchlight Music Theatre was the second-largest winner, with four prizes, in musical production for a midsize theatre (for A Class Act), principal actor in a musical (Bill Larkin in Class Act), solo performance (Alexis J.
CLASS ACT Eleanor, left, and with Christopher Plummer in The Sound Of Music, below
The 12-week course is being hosted by professional directors from Class Act Drama Centre and film directors from Anti-Social Media Films and added to Class Act's adult program for the first time.
CLASS Act, the version of All Our Yesterdays that publishes pictures of readers' schooldays of long - or not so long - ago, is still looking for your class, sports or school trip photos.
Class Act: Sell More Books Through School and Library Author Appearances lives up to its title as a solid guide to promoting one's book and ensuring more sales to schools and libraries.
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